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Why do some people try, try again, and why do some people not? That’s what I’m after.

Angela Duckworth

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Grit is living life like it’s a marathon, not a sprint.
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At various points, in big ways and small, we get knocked down. If we stay down, grit loses. If we get up, grit prevails.
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Many things matter other than our measured intelligence, so let’s get to work on them.
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Some people prefer a world where we’re all equally talented in everything. Whether you prefer that world or not, I don’t think that world exists.
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Childhood is generally far too early to know what we want to be when we grow up.
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You know, the things that I want my own daughters to develop – the idea that we’re going to get there through rewards and punishments seems completely at odds with the idea of character itself.
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Grit, in a word, is stamina. But it’s not just stamina in your effort.
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There are so many things that kids care about, where they excel, where they try hard, where they learn important life lessons, that are not picked up by test scores.
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I will say that if my wildest dreams come true, I will, like, wake up one day, and I will be Carol Dweck, right? Because she is like everything I want to be.
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Most people who are really, enduringly interested in something eventually find that it’s important, too – and important to other people.
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Grit and self-control are related, but they’re not the same thing.
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Is it ‘a drag’ that passions don’t come to us all at once, as epiphanies, without the need to actively develop them?
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Everybody knows that effort matters. What was revelatory to me was how much it mattered.
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Really, what matters in the long run is sticking with things and working daily to get better at them.
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I worked hard when I was a consultant. I worked hard when I was in graduate school looking at neuroscience.
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I do feel it’s hard to be modest and humble and egoless when people are telling you you are so great and wanting to give you prizes and energy. I’m trying hard not to be an awful, narcissistic human being.
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